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14-12-2022, 02:19 PM
UPDATED DEC 13, 2022, 10:38 PM SGT
SYDNEY - Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed in Parliament on Tuesday and are among the strictest in the world.
The suite of new laws includes bans on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan 1, 2009, punishable by fines of up to NZ$150,000 (S$130,000). The ban will remain in place for a person’s whole life.
The legislation will also reduce the amount of nicotine allowed in smoked tobacco products and cut the number of retailers able to sell tobacco by 90 per cent.
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Only Bhutan, which banned cigarette sales in 2010, will have stricter anti-smoking laws.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/austra...r-new-laws
SYDNEY - Future generations of New Zealanders will be banned from purchasing tobacco as part of a package of new anti-smoking laws that passed in Parliament on Tuesday and are among the strictest in the world.
The suite of new laws includes bans on selling tobacco to anyone born on or after Jan 1, 2009, punishable by fines of up to NZ$150,000 (S$130,000). The ban will remain in place for a person’s whole life.
The legislation will also reduce the amount of nicotine allowed in smoked tobacco products and cut the number of retailers able to sell tobacco by 90 per cent.
......
Only Bhutan, which banned cigarette sales in 2010, will have stricter anti-smoking laws.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/austra...r-new-laws
